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Sep 8, 2015

Healey on Cyber Attacks and Cyber Espionage

By Jason Healey

CSO quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey on cyber espionage since the Cold War: 

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense
Russian President Vladimir Putin, August 17, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 7, 2015

Putin’s Gamble: An End to NATO and Restoration of Russian Might

By Stephen R. Covington, Newsweek

Putin is rearming Russia, remilitarizing Russia’s overall approach to security, changing Russia’s defense concepts, adopting continuous destabilization strategies against neighboring states

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

In the News

Sep 7, 2015

Healey on Cold War Conduct

By Jason Healey

CIO quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey on Cold War espionage code of conduct: 

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense
Troops participating in NATO's Noble Jump Exercise, June 18, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 4, 2015

The Politics of 2 Percent: NATO and the Security Vacuum in Europe

By Jan Techau, Carnegie Europe

In 1990, the then 14 European members of NATO spent around $314 billion on defense collectively. In 2015, the alliance’s now 26 European members are expected to spend around $227 billion on defense.

NATO
Security & Defense

News

Sep 4, 2015

Cohen on the Iran Deal

By Ariel Cohen

Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ariel Cohen joins the Center on Global Interests for a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the Iran nuclear deal:

Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation
NATO activates staff units in 6 members states, Sept. 3, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 3, 2015

NATO Activates Staff Units in Six Eastern Members

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

Today, we raise the NATO flag over six new headquarters. The NATO Force Integration Units. Here in Vilnius. But also in Bucharest, Bydgoszcz, Sofia, Riga, and Tallinn.

Central Europe
NATO
"Sweden cannot expect military support if we are not full members"

NATOSource

Sep 3, 2015

Swedes Lean Toward NATO, Await Moscow’s Response

By Paul McLeary

The leadership of Sweden’s Centre Party said Tuesday the time had come for a more serious consideration of joining the military alliance in the face of Russian aggression in Ukraine and increasing fears in the Baltic States about Moscow’s intentions.

NATO
NATO Partnerships

UkraineAlert

Sep 2, 2015

In the Face of Russian Aggression in Ukraine, a New US Agenda for Europe

By Stephen Blank

Since the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the world has seen precious little Western leadership when it comes to confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin—despite US and European Union sanctions, recent efforts to strengthen NATO’s conventional deterrence in Europe, and the first signs of increased defense spending in Europe. Even in the face of plans to send […]

NATO
Russia

Issue Brief

Sep 2, 2015

Toward a sustainable peace in the South China Sea

By Wei-Teh Li

This issue brief argues that SCS countries need to work toward a "mutual confidence" and "mutual dependence" end state. In particular, the paper focuses on sharing meteorological data to support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, including search and rescue operations, foreign disaster relief goods delivery, and medical care.

China
Indo-Pacific

Defense Industrialist

Sep 2, 2015

From Germany, With Love

By Magnus Nordenman

European arms sellers are helping shape Asian security. Washington worries increasingly about developments in the Asia-Pacific region. The Pentagon has done more than publish a maritime strategy for that part of the world—it has begun to shift military assets that way. Yet it is often said that this is a region in which Washington will […]

Defense Industry
Indo-Pacific

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